My partner has prostate cancer which has started to spread and he is saying he won't have radiotherapy because of the side effects. Does anyone have experience of radiotherapy and is it as bad as he feels it's going to be?
The big choice for your partner is what are the side effects of not having radiotherapy, including recurrence and spread of cancer, reduced life expectancy and so on.
The treatment is well tried and tested eddiel has given a good account of his experience and a search of this forum will reveal countless other posts with prostate cancer.
I made the choice to have brutal radiotherapy to my head and neck. I got through it and am still here 10 years later, instead of one year. I've now had a recurrence and the only option is surgery and immunotherapy which I jumped at when given the choice and it is going OK.
If you do have any input into your partners decision implore him to go ahead with the treatment for both your sakes. Cancer needn't be a lottery.
The big choice for your partner is what are the side effects of not having radiotherapy, including recurrence and spread of cancer, reduced life expectancy and so on.
The treatment is well tried and tested eddiel has given a good account of his experience and a search of this forum will reveal countless other posts with prostate cancer.
I made the choice to have brutal radiotherapy to my head and neck. I got through it and am still here 10 years later, instead of one year. I've now had a recurrence and the only option is surgery and immunotherapy which I jumped at when given the choice and it is going OK.
If you do have any input into your partners decision implore him to go ahead with the treatment for both your sakes. Cancer needn't be a lottery.
